LG and GyPSii announced a partnership to embed GyPSii’s “location-enabled mobile digital lifestyle application” on a range of new mobile devices. Under the agreement, LG mobile phone users will have access to utilize GyPSii services — including user generated content sharing, friend finding and social networking application, as well as the ability to view it…
Blyk, Velti partner for new content service
Mobile marketing and content services technology provider Velti and ad-supported mobile operator Blyk have partnered to launch the new Blyk content portal called “On Blyk.” Built primarily on messaging, the new service is already available to Blyk’s UK customers. Here’s how “On Blyk” works (from the press release): The new portal acts as a conduit…
Visto goes Android, too
Just when we talked about SEVEN and their “Android move,” another mobile messaging company announced the same offering. It’s VISTO with its Visto Mobile 6 that now support Google’s mobile OS platform. Those not familiar should know that Visto Mobile enables users to take their email, contacts and contacts with them, no matter where they…
Truphone adds AIM to its iPhone/iPod Touch app, PayPal to pre-payment methods
Truphone announced that AOL Instant Messenger (AIM) is now on the list of supported IM services for the company’s iPhone and iPod Touch applications. This adds to the list of other IM networks supported by Truphone that include Google Talk, Skype, Windows Live Messenger and Yahoo! Messenger. Voice calling is still not supported with AIM,…
LG partners with deCarta and Appello to bring navigation services to its feature phones
LBS software provider deCarta along with local search service Appello (developer of Wisepilot) announced a deal with LG to install navigation and local search services on GPS-enabled LG feature phones worldwide. Under the agreement, deCarta will supply the Appello Wisepilot navigation app built on deCarta’s Drill Down Server (DDS), providing LG handset users with both…
Telefonica agrees to offer a range of Microsoft’s Windows Live Services to its customers
Telefonica and Microsoft announced a partnership agreement under which the operator will be deploying a range of Windows Live for Mobile apps on the mobile devices it offers. The idea is to provide Telefonica’s more than 100 million customers across Latin America to download a Java-based client that gives them access to Microsoft’s popular services…
Nokia, T-Mobile team-up on integrated mobile content marketplace
Nokia and T-Mobile issued a release today saying that they’ve agreed to promote together their respective offering for widgets, applications and other content. There are some things I don’t quite understand. Here’s an excerpt from the press release: The customer can browse and download widgets from both the T-Mobile widget gallery and Nokia’s Ovi Store…
SEVEN brings its mobile messaging solution to Android
SEVEN announced that it will bring its award-winning mobile messaging solution to the Android platform. According to the official release, “SEVEN is the first Android solution to address both personal and business mobile email — along with calendars and contacts — on one intuitive and integrated client interface.” Some of the SEVEN for Android features…
Emoze announces HotMail support, partnership with India’s Tulip Telecom
Emoze aka push email provider for the rest of us (not just BlackBerry users) has two announcements for the Mobile World Congress: First they unveiled a new partner – India’s Tulip Telecom, which will offer its business customers mobile business email, calendar and contacts information, providing employees and business operators with the “most efficient combination…
Nokia’s application store is called Ovi Store and it opens in May!
Nokia unveiled its mobile application storefront and it’s called Ovi Store. Set to begin operating in May of this year, the new service is designed to go well beyond any other mobile application store on the market. Nokia’s trick is to offer users much more than applications and games, by including other content like images,…